Phone Link - no phone background in app

BrianInEngland · Jun 25, 2024

I've just noticed that my Android phone background isn't showing in the Phone Link app. I've got the setting to ON, I've never changed it

Phone Link version 1.24061.89, updated a few days ago.

App is working fine apart from this

derekamoss · Sunday at 5:51 PM

You have to enable full file access for link to windows on Android and it will show up.

BrianInEngland · Sunday at 11:59 PM

derekamoss said:
You have to enable full file access for link to windows on Android and it will show up.

Done that ages ago, it just stopped appearing recently. I've never changed any settings

Just checked, all access is allowed for Link to Windows on my phone

MisterEd · Monday at 2:04 AM

Are you talking about the wallpaper background that shows in the phone icon at the top left of Phone Link or the wallpaper background that shows in the Notification area?

I only way I could get the wallpaper to go away in the notification area was if I turned off transparency effects in Windows.

The wallpaper in the notification area should match the wallpaper shown in the phone icon. Notice that my wallpaper is colored in the phone icon but grayscale in the notification area.

Is your phone wallpaper a solid blue? That means your wallpaper in the notification area would be a solid dark gray which may not be visible with Dark Mode. Try changing the wallpaper on your phone to something that is not one solid color.

Below is a screenshot of the wallpaper on my phone. Note it matches what I see in Phone Link.

BrianInEngland · Monday at 7:25 AM

MisterEd said:
Are you talking about the wallpaper background that shows in the phone icon at the top left of Phone Link or the wallpaper background that shows in the Notification area?

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I only way I could get the wallpaper to go away in the notification area was if I turned off transparency effects in Windows.
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The wallpaper in the notification area should match the wallpaper shown in the phone icon. Notice that my wallpaper is colored in the phone icon but grayscale in the notification area.

Is your phone wallpaper a solid blue? That means your wallpaper in the notification area would be a solid dark gray which may not be visible with Dark Mode. Try changing the wallpaper on your phone to something that is not one solid color.

Below is a screenshot of the wallpaper on my phone. Note it matches what I see in Phone Link.

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Both the phone icon picture and the background picture, none of it is showing for over a week now (see my original post). I've changed the phone wallpaper 4 times and it's made no difference. One morning it just disappeared - the picture hadn't even been changed.
All the other settings are exactly how they've been since I first used Phone Link.

This is what I have (see pic)
The toggle in Phone link is set to ON as it always has been